Electronics

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Essential, Magical New Albums from Immersion and Daniela Mars

April 3, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Colin Newman, Daniela Mars, Immersion, Malka Spiegel, Nanocluster Vol. 3, SUSS, Swim, VOCES8 Records, Wire

Two LPs that explore the fearlessness of beauty

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Electronic Electronics Films Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Brian Eno Announces Soundtrack to New Documentary

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Byrne, documentary, Eno, Fred again.., Gary Hustwit, John Cale, Soundtrack, Universal Music Enterprises

The career-spanning companion to Gary Hustwit’s visionary film out on April 19th

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Electronic Electronics Punk Rock 

Wire’s Colin Newman to Reissue 1997 Solo LP

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1997, Bastard, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Swim, Wire

Bastard will be released on vinyl and deluxe CD on January 26th

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Dance Electronic Electronics Pop 

Cities Made of Light: Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine Turns 45

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Capitol Records, David Bowie, Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine, The Sex Pistols, The Stooges

Looking back on the German group’s most human album

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Dream Pop Electronic Electronics New Wave Pop Remembrance Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Out of Noise: Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto

April 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments David Bowie, David Sylvian, Iggy Pop, Japan, Kazumi Watanabe, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, RIP, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Youssou N’Dour, Yukihiro Takahashi

The Japanese giant’s career ranged from electronic to orchestral and beyond

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Electronics New Wave Pop Remembrance 

Song of the Neuromancer: Remembering Yukihiro Takahashi

February 3, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments Japan, Japanese, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soul Train, Synthesizers, Synthpop, Yellow Magic Orchestra, YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi

Saluting the synth-pop pioneer who slipped away too soon

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Art Pop Electronics Rock 

LISTEN: Peter Gabriel Shares New Single

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brian Eno, David Rhodes, I/O, Manu Katche, Panopticom, Peter Gabriel, single, Tony Levin

“Panopticom” offers taste of the singer’s first proper studio album in 20 years

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Electronics Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental 

LISTEN: Kramer Shares “Burial at Sea” Off New Album

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Daniel Johnston, Galaxie 5000, John Zorn, Kramer, Music for Films Edited by Moths, Shimmy Disc, White Zombie, Will Oldham

The ambient Music for Films Edited by Moths, out tomorrow on Shimmy-Disc

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Electronic Electronics Remembrance 

Remembering Mira Calix

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aphex Twin, Autechre, Chantal Francesca Passamonte, Mira Calix, RIP, Warp Records

The groundbreaking multidisciplinary artist was a true Warp Records original

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Classical Electronics 

ALBUMS: Grace, Gravity and the Sad/Happy of the Strange and Simple

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2022, Bjarni Biering, Charles Ives, Curious Music, John Cage, La Monte Young, Moondog, The Andvaka Suite

Icelandic composer Bjarni Biering engages us with everyday beauty

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Electronics Experimental Psychedelics 

Submersible Sleep Dealer: Oneohtrix Point Never’s Replica Turns 10

January 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 2011, Dan Lopitan, Oneohtrix Point Never, Replica, Warp Records

You can tell from the opening seconds that Daniel Lopatin was ushering in a new kind of ambient soundscape with his 2011 masterpiece

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Electronics 

Melt Your Phace6: Aphex Twin’s Drukqs Turns 20

October 24, 2021April 3, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2001, 20th Anniversary, Aphex Twin, Blame Game, Chris Rock, Dillinger Escape Plan, Drukqs, Kanye West, Mike Patton, Warp Records

Looking back on the polarizing 2001 double opus of Richard D. James

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Electronics Industrial jazz 

ALBUMS: Graham Haynes meets Submerged In A Singular Soundclash

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Michael McKeegan 0 Comments 2021, Aphex Twin, Burning Ambulance, DJ Cam, Echolocation, Graham Haynes, Kurt Gluck, Ohm Resistance, Submerged, Therapy?, Witchman

It’s impressive to find an album as immersive as Echolocation

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Electronics Experimental jazz Remembrance 

You Gotta Orient Myself: One of Jon Hassell’s Last Interviews

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Bluescreen, Brian Eno, Fourth World, Jazz, Jon Hassell, RIP

The groundbreaking soundscaper and reinventor of modern trumpet died on June 26th at age 84

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